AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoLead in drinking water: Jim Thorpe Borough is moving toward a faster way to identify lead service lines using a probe-based “Swordfish” system, with DEP approval already in hand—aiming to avoid disruptive sidewalk digging. Water backup planning: The borough also identified two possible sites for new test wells to secure a long-sought backup water source, with DEP inspections scheduled. PFAS firefighting limits: A Pennsylvania Senate bill would ban PFAS firefighting foam manufacture and use, with limited exceptions, after a near-unanimous Senate vote. Climate rule fight: Pennsylvania joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to reinstate EPA climate pollution rules for power plants. Data center backlash: New reporting highlights how opposition to AI data centers has hardened into hostility, driven by worries about water and power demands—raising pressure on local approvals. Solar on landfill: Lanchester Landfill and Caernarvon Township settled over a solar array plan that would help power a landfill gas-to-natural-gas facility. Extreme cold prep: First widespread frost and possible freeze prompted plant-protection advice across the region. Energy resilience model: A Scranton housing project is pitching “zero-markup” utilities via an on-site clean-energy microgrid.
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